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Reference Base  Some preliminary observations on the food of elephant in ... |
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Some preliminary observations on the food of elephant in the Tsavo Royal National Park (East) of Kenya |
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Bax, P.N.; Sheldrick, D.L.W. |
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1963 |
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East African Wildlife Journal |
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1 |
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40-53, figs. 1-4, maps 1-2 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The park authorities have been concerned for several years over the extent of the damage to the vegetation caused by elephant. It was not until the drought of 1961 when rhinoceros died in large numbers, that attention was focussed on this problem. Conditions of this drought were very severe. N... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Area of some 5000 sq.miles, roughly midway between Nairobi and Mombasa. Most of the park is flat country, between 1000 and 2000 feet above sea level, with small isolated rocky hills. It is traversed by two permanent rivers, the Tsavo and the Athi-Galana, and several seasonal rivers, the Tiva an... |
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